| MAHARASHTRA LOCAL AUTHORITES CENSUS EXPENSES CONTRIBUTION ACT, 1950 |
| MAHARASHTRA LOCAL AUTHORITES CENSUS EXPENSES CONTRIBUTION ACT, 1950 23 of 1950 10th May, 1950 An Act to provide for contribution by local authorities to census expenses WHEREAS, it is expedient to make provisions for contribution by local authorities of a portion of the expenses incurred in connection with the taking of any census in the State of Bombay and for certain other purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT (1)This Act may be called the "Maharashtra Local Authorities Census Expenses Contribution Act,1950" (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (1) "Census Act" means the Census Act, 1948; (2) "census" means a census taken in accordance with the provisions of the Census Act; (3) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. SECTION 03: CONTRIBUTION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment in regard to the funds of any local authority, the State Government may direct that such portion of any expenses as may be prescribed, incurred for anything done in accordance with the Census Act or the rules made thereunder, may be charged to the funds of any local authority constituted for and on behalf of the area within which such expenses were incurred. (2)The sum directed to be charged under sub-section (1) shall be computed and paid in the prescribed manner. SECTION 04: OBLIGATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITY TO GIVE ASSISTANCE Every local authority shall be bound to give such assistance in connection with census as it may be called upon to give by an order made under Section 6 of the Census Act. SECTION 05: POWER TO ENFORCE ORDERS If the State Government after receiving a report from the District Magistrate or the Superintendent of Census Operations is satisfied that a local authority has failed to make payment of the expenses or costs as required by or under Section 3 of this Act or section 16 of the Census Act or has made default in performing any duty imposed upon it by or under this Act or the Census Act, the State Government may make such order or take such steps as it may consider expedient for securing the payment of such expenses or costs or the performance of such duty, as the case may be. SECTION 06: RULES 4(3) All rules made by the State Government under this section shall be laid before each House of the State Legislature as soon as may be after they are made, and shall be subject to such modifications as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following. MAHARASRTA LOCAL AUTHORITES CENSUS EXPENSES CONTRIBUTION RULES, 1989 No. CNS. 1789/XXXIII.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 6 of the Bombay Local Authorities Census Expenses Contribution Act, 1950 (Bom. XXIII of 1950), the Government of Maharashtra, hereby makes the following rules, namely RULE 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND APPLICATION (1) These rules may be called the Maharashtra Local Authorities Census Expenses Contribution Rules, 1989. (2) They shall extend to the whole of the State of Maharashtra. (3) They shall apply to the census of 1991. RULE 02: DEFINITIONS In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Municipal Corporation" means a Corporation constituted under the Bombay Municipal Corporations Act, the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, or the City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1948; (b) "Zilla Parishad" means a Zilla Parishad, constituted under Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961. (c) "Municipal Council" means a Municipal Council constituted under the Maharashtra Municipalities Act, 1965. RULE 03: PORTION OF EXPENSES TO BE CHARGED TO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS The portion of expenses which shall be charged to the funds of a Municipal Corporation or a Municipal Council shall be one half of the total expenses incurred, whether before or after the coming into force of these rules, in connection with the taking of the census in all its stages within the limits of the Municipal Corporation or, as the case may be, the Municipal Council. RULE 04: PORTION OF EXPENSES TO BE CHARGED TO ZILLA PARISHADS The portion of expenses which shall be charged to the funds of a Zilla Parishad shall be a sum calculated at the rate of Rs. 250 for each Block or part thereof comprised within the limits of the area of the Zilla Parishad in connection with the taking of census in all its stages within the limits of such Block of part thereof. RULE 05: REPEAL AND SAVING The Maharashtra Local Authorities Census Expenses Contribution Rules, 1979, are hereby repeated except as regards things done or omitted to be done under these rules. |
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